The development in Ho Chi Minh City marks the architect’s first project in the country. Common etymological explanations connect the word to \u201cfirewood,\u201d \u201ckapok\u201d (a local tree), and \u201cforest.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.empirecity.vn\/Content\/Uploads\/images\/News\/image-1001.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe development in Ho Chi Minh City marks the architect’s first project in the country. Common etymological explanations connect the word to \u201cfirewood,\u201d \u201ckapok\u201d (a local tree), and \u201cforest.\u201d\u00a0 It makes perfect sense, then, that German-born architect Ole Scheeren would turn to nature when designing his first project in the region. His office B\u00fcro Ole Scheeren unveiled a proposal for a cluster of three mixed-use towers in Ho Chi Minh City which, when completed, will hover over the city like a forest canopy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nLocated in a crook of land created by the sinuous Saigon River, the development called Empire City will sprout from a terraced, landscaped podium. This verdant platform, tiered to evoke the area\u2019s rice paddies, will form as a public garden and house flexible co-working spaces.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.empirecity.vn\/Content\/Uploads\/images\/News\/image-1003.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe tallest of the towers will rise more than 1,000 feet above the city, housing a hotel, apartments, and an observation deck. Three-quarters of the way up this 88-story skyscraper, Scheeren\u2019s office placed a cloud-shaped stack. Called the \u201cSky Forest,\u201d this floating series of garden terraces will serve as a \u201cgesture of reconciliation between the city and the countryside,\u201d according to the firm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.empirecity.vn\/Content\/Uploads\/images\/News\/image-1005.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe two other shorter towers, meanwhile, will comprise a mix of office and residential space.<\/div>\nThe Vietnam project marks Scheeren\u2019s first project in the country. This project is one of a forest of towers Scheeren is designing across Europe and Asia, including a riverside high-rise in Frankfurt (announced this fall), in addition to towers in Thailand, China, and Singapore.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.empirecity.vn\/Content\/Uploads\/images\/News\/image-1007.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\nContinuing the garden-theme, German-born architect Ole Scheeren, famous for designing the CTBUH-award winning CCTV building in Beijing, has created a multi-level platform in the middle of the tower that will play host to the \u201csky forest\u201d, an inside\/outside garden inspired by Vietnam\u2018s famous terraced rice fields.<\/div>\n
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The development in Ho Chi Minh City marks the architect’s first project in the country. Common etymological explanations connect the word to \u201cfirewood,\u201d \u201ckapok\u201d (a local tree), and \u201cforest.\u201d\u00a0 It makes perfect sense, then, that German-born architect Ole Scheeren would turn to nature when designing his first project in the region. His office B\u00fcro Ole Scheeren unveiled a proposal for a cluster of three mixed-use towers in Ho Chi Minh City which, when completed, will hover over the city like a forest canopy.<\/div>\n
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Located in a crook of land created by the sinuous Saigon River, the development called Empire City will sprout from a terraced, landscaped podium. This verdant platform, tiered to evoke the area\u2019s rice paddies, will form as a public garden and house flexible co-working spaces.<\/div>\n
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The tallest of the towers will rise more than 1,000 feet above the city, housing a hotel, apartments, and an observation deck. Three-quarters of the way up this 88-story skyscraper, Scheeren\u2019s office placed a cloud-shaped stack. Called the \u201cSky Forest,\u201d this floating series of garden terraces will serve as a \u201cgesture of reconciliation between the city and the countryside,\u201d according to the firm.<\/div>\n
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The two other shorter towers, meanwhile, will comprise a mix of office and residential space.<\/div>\n
The Vietnam project marks Scheeren\u2019s first project in the country. This project is one of a forest of towers Scheeren is designing across Europe and Asia, including a riverside high-rise in Frankfurt (announced this fall), in addition to towers in Thailand, China, and Singapore.<\/div>\n
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Continuing the garden-theme, German-born architect Ole Scheeren, famous for designing the CTBUH-award winning CCTV building in Beijing, has created a multi-level platform in the middle of the tower that will play host to the \u201csky forest\u201d, an inside\/outside garden inspired by Vietnam\u2018s famous terraced rice fields.<\/div>\n
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